Drift Bible

Aramaic word · H2418

חֲיָא

cheyi

to live

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 6 times in 6 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

Where it appears

Daniel · 6
  1. Daniel 2:4 חֱיִ֔י live!

    Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

  2. Daniel 3:9 חֱיִֽי׃ live!

    saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever!

  3. Daniel 5:10 חֱיִ֔י live!

    Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.

  4. Daniel 5:19 מַחֵ֔א letting live

    Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.

  5. Daniel 6:6 חֱיִֽי׃ live!

    So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!

  6. Daniel 6:21 חֱיִֽי׃ live!

    Then Daniel replied, “O king, may you live forever!

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